

Super-caffeinated energy drinks, with names like Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle and Amp, have surged in popularity in the past decade. About a third of 12-to 24-year-olds say they regularly down energy drinks, which account for more than $3 billion in annual sales in the United States. Around the country, the drinks have been linked with reports of nausea, abnormal heart rhythms and emergency room visits. There have been many reports of kids going to the hospital because of heart palpitations and intense sweating after drinking one of these. It has also been found that if consumed regularly, most energy drinks can actually become addicting. It has also been a concern that taking in this amount of sugar can also give you a "caffine drunk" where kids actually act like they are drunk. They are out of there minds and are unresposive. Motor reaction and reflexes are just as impaired as being drunk off of alchohol. This can be extremely dangerous if the consumption of these drinks increases. It could be dangerous for kids and people around them.

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